Dinner-pail.



'D. J. CRAIG.

DINNER PAIL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. 1912.

1,043,674, Patented Nov. 5, 1912;

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DAVID CRAIG, OF HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

DINNER-PAIL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Application filed April 19, 1912. Serial No. 691,802.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID J, CRAIG, a. citizen ofthe United States,residing at. Honolulu, Territorywf Hawaii, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Dinner-Pails, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a dinner -pail for carrying.food and an bodying improvements over a'patent for a lunch box, grantedto me October 3l, 1911, No.1,007,646.- r

The invention embodies more particuflarly a dinner pail consisting of aseries of superimposed containers adapted to contain food and retainedin assembled position by a bail, the lowermost container being providedwith means for heating the food contained in the mentioned containers. py

In the further disclosure. of the invention, referenc e is to be hadto-the accomuse is made of a pail 10, consisting of a bled position, thecontainers series of superimposed containers-11, each provided with eyes12 adapted to receive there'throughthe shanks 13 of a spring-like bail14, the lowerends of thesaid shanks: being curvedto form hooks 15adapted to engage the eyes on the lowermost container 11, thus retainingthe containers in assembeing arranged to fit one within the other, theuppermost container being provided with a filling opening 11 normallyclosed by a cap 16, over which is mounted a cup 17, this constructionbeing substantiall disclosed in the patent referred to hereto ore.

Arranged on the inner side of the bottom of the lowermost container 11-is an upwardly extending pin 18 and revolubly mounted withinthe'container 11 is a casing 19 provided with an opening 20 over whichis placed a screen 21 and a cap 22, to form a burner 23, the bottom ofthe casing 19 being provided'with an indentation 2 1 adapt ed to receivethereinllie pin 18 and the men- "upon and over the lowermost container.

tioned casing having secured to the periphery thereof and extendingupwardly therefrom a damper 25 provided with apertures 26 adapted toregister with apertures 27 .formed in the sides of thelowermost'container 11, a slot 28 being provided in the lowermostcontainer 11 and having extended 'therethrough a handle 29, rigidlysecured to the damper 25 so that byoperating the handle 29, rotationcan. be imparted to the damper 25 and the casing 19 so that theapertures 26 can be moved to register with the apertures27 in thelowermost container 11, the upwardly projecting pin 18 acting as a pivotmember for the casing 19 and facilitating the revolving movement of thecasing within the lowermost container, 1t beingunderstood that theapertures in the lowermost container 11 and the apertures in the damper25 are provided for the purpose of ventilation and draft, the mentionedlowermost'container and the casing'19 to;

gether with theda'mper 25, constituting pri- H a-stove for heating thefood conin' the other containers 11, mounted marily taine In my previouspatent, I have shown a register with the. openings in'the lowermostcontainer, but the damper in this instance is mounted to encircle thecontainer, whereas in: the present invention the dam or ismounted withinthe container and w on a turning movement is imparted to the damper, thecasing 19 will also be operated within the container, this arrangementbeing more feasible and practical than the construction disclosed in myformer patent.

- I claim y In aadinner pail, the combination with a series ofsuperimposed containers, the lowermost container having apertures therein, of a combined burner and aper red damper rotatably mounted withinthe lowermost container to register the apertures of the said damperwith the apertures in the said lowermost container.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID J. CRAIG.

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